[Ugh...thanks. Thanks is so hard to deal with...especially followed by a question like that. Ultimately he has to leave off the response he was kneejerk going to give ("Don't thank me", etc etc, the usual), but ...
They're really not doing okay at all, and Leon's not sure what to do about that. He knows how to cope with himself not being okay, but Stahn...
They're friends, aren't they? Stahn and Hiro?]
I'm fine. As for Stahn, he is naturally soft-hearted. This bothered him. [The whole...robot slaying thing. Leon's saying this simply because--] You seem like the sort of nosy person who would pester until you have the answers you want. I am simply circumventing that.
[... So he doesn't want Stahn being pestered, but he does want Stahn to be helped. The Struggle.]
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They're really not doing okay at all, and Leon's not sure what to do about that. He knows how to cope with himself not being okay, but Stahn...
They're friends, aren't they? Stahn and Hiro?]
I'm fine. As for Stahn, he is naturally soft-hearted. This bothered him. [The whole...robot slaying thing. Leon's saying this simply because--] You seem like the sort of nosy person who would pester until you have the answers you want. I am simply circumventing that.
[... So he doesn't want Stahn being pestered, but he does want Stahn to be helped. The Struggle.]